Honest 836 Report post Posted July 31, 2008 Sony Ericsson launches first 'radio' mobile phone 31 Jul, 2008, 2040 hrs IST, ET HYDERABAD: Sony Ericsson on Thursday launched its first made in India mobile phone R300 radio phone. The phone targets the entry level customers in small town. The handset comes with a unique radio-inspired design with volume boosters for clarity of sound Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications General Manager Sudhin Mathur told media persons. Alongwith the FM frequency channels the phone also comes with AM frequencies, a first for radio phones in India. This is Sony Ericsson's attempt to address the needs of its customers in tier 2 markets, Mathur said. R300 Radio is priced at Rs 4,395 he said. "We are witnessing unprecedented growth in smaller towns and cities and plan to increase our geographic presence in such places with the launch of the Radio phone R300. "The growing popularity of the radio in the tier-two and tier-three cities has created a tremendous opportunity for penetrating such markets and we are confident that our new offering will be well received by our customers", Mathur said. Further strengthening their position in Radio category handsets, the company will launch R306 model with 1.3 mega pixed camera priced at Rs 6,000, Mathur said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@ksh@T 20 Report post Posted July 31, 2008 well have seen a review of this phone at zee news/zee bussiness. this phone has five preset buttons for preset radio stations . . . thisphone doesnt has external memory, but this has radio store feature you can record radio but when there is no external memory what to do then , , , Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asit 4 Report post Posted July 31, 2008 Someday news may arrive that a phone is going to launch with builtin AM-FM receiver and transmitter and TV with a LPT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted July 31, 2008 thisphone doesnt has external memory, but this has radio store feature you can record radio but when there is no external memory what to do then , , , ^^^ @Akshat My dear friend, I think that the above feature will be available in their next upcoming model in the same series. The upcoming model number is R306 with 1.3 mega pixed camera and is priced at Rs 6,000/-. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
